Hood for billiard-table pockets



pi. 23. 924. v immm F. J. HARMET HOOD FOR BILLIARD TABLE POCKETS FiledOct. 24 1921 Maj/227777262,

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FRANK J. HARRIET, 0F CHIGAGr-D', ILLINOIS.

HOOD FOR BILLIARD -TABLE EOGKETS.

Application filed'october 24,, 1921. Serial No. 509,915.

T 0 all to 710m it may concern Be it known that I, FnANK J. HARMET, acitizen of the United f States, residing in the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and the State of Illinois, have invented cer-.

tain new and useful Improvements in Hoods for Billiard-Table Pockets, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereo i The purpose of thisinvention is to provide a device of the nature of a hood for a billiardtable pocket, affording a stop for the ball a side pocket equipped withdevices embody-i ing this invention.

Figure 2 is a section at either of the lines, 22, on Figure 1. i

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the rigid body! member for a cornerpocket.

Figure 4 is a similar View of the body member fora side pocket.

Figures 5 and 6 areplan views of the cushion members for corner and sidepockets respectively.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 2, but showing a slightmodification.

In the drawings a portion of the billiard table is shown at 1. with thecushion rail and cushion 2 and 3 in the usual form. The parts embodyingthis invention consist of rigid body members, 4 and 5, for corner andside pockets respectively, which are of cast iron joined to the adjacentmembers of the table rail by long tenons, 4i, engaging sockets in theadjacent members of the rail, and designed to be secured therein bycross-pins engaged at 5. Any customary junction means may be employedfor making these body members rigid with the adjacent portions of therail. These body members are substantially right angular in verticalsect-ion radial to the curve of the overhanging flange, 5 The under sideof this flange is sloped facing downwardly and inwardly at an angle ofabout 45 degrees as seen in Figure 2, and is designed to afford a seatfor a cushion member, 6, preferably of felt or the like, cut from feltfabric in the cushion is seen at 7.

an annular segment as seen in Figures 5 and 6, adapted to be seated uponsaid downwardly and inwardly facing seat of the body member and havinglike slope at its outer face, 6?, overhanging the pocket, 8 and stoppedat its lower end by a suitable shoulder formed upon this body memberwhich is preferably the bottom side of a groove 7, which extendshorizontally around the curve of the bodymember, being formed:

in the vertical member of said right angular body member, as seen inFigure 2. Such shoulder may, however, be formed without so distinctlygrooving the body member as by shaping said body member as to the innerface of its vertical margin, as seen in Figure 7, wherein the stopshoulder for The cushion is made of such width and thickness that whenapplied upon the cushion seat afforded by the sloping face of the flangeof the body member, its upper inward corner,-inward with respect to thetable,- -when compressed by the application of the leather jacket, 8,enclosing the body member and cushion as clearly seen in Figure 2,stands a little farther inward with respect to the table than the inneredge of the flange, 5*, so that there is presented a rounded corner forthe impact of the ball at the lower part of the curve as it mergesin thel5 slope overhanging the pocket, all of which prevents the impact beingreceived on the said edge of the body member, or on the leatherimmediately covering said edge; The purpose and result of thisconstruction is that instead of the leather covering becoming rapidlydeteriorated by the impact of the balls against it where it is stretchedtight over a rigid body member in'the customary construction of billiardtable pockets, the wear upon the leather due to the impact of the ballsis almost negligible on account of the cushioning effect of the feltcushion behind the leather; and inaddition to this advantage there isgained the further advantage that there is greatly reduced rebound ofthe ball from the cushioned impact-receiving flange of the pocket, butthe ball in any event reflected downward from the inward-downward trendof the curve falls comparatively dead into the pocket, whereas, in theusual construction having leather stretched directly upon a rigid bodymember without cushion, after a very short period of use the leatherbecomes so compacted over the edge of the body member as to cause thehalt to rebound from the impact. Also, by reason of the cushionconstruction described, there is prevented the liability of chipping theballs which, is Well known, results from the impact of the balls Withthe customary form of? pocketflange after the leather becomes Worn so asto expose, or nearly expose, the rigid body member to the impact.

I claim:

1. A device for the purpose mentioned, comprising a rigid body memberextending in a curve around the top of the pocket recess and of generalright-angle-triangular form in vertical section radial to said curve,

whereby there is formed an under-sloping face overhanging the pocketaround the curve thereof, said body member being as to the portionconstituting said sloping overhanging face, substantially non-resilientand having in said face a recess forming a seat for a cushion; arelatively soft and non resilient cushion lodged in said recess andprotruding therefrom, and a leather jacket enclosing the body member andthe protrud ing cushion.

2. In the construction defined in claim 1,

said cushion beingprotruded in such form that its face overhanglng thepocket IS incl'ined' at a substantial slope tangent to and In testimonywhereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 13th dayof ()ctober, 1921.

FRANK J. HARMET.

